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Written question asked by David Ruffley (Conservative) on Thursday, 28 January 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 1 February 2010. It was answered by Lord Coaker (Labour) on Tuesday, 23 February 2010 on behalf of the Department for Children, Schools and Families.

Pupil Exclusions: Suffolk

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many children have been permanently excluded from (a) primary, (b) middle, (c) upper and (d) secondary schools in Suffolk in each year since 1997.
Answer

The available information requested is shown in the table.From 2002, the Department has carried out a checking exercise to confirm the overall number of permanent exclusions. However, this only confirms the number of exclusions in each local authority area and not at school level. Therefore information for middle and upper schools are not separately identifiable.

Maintained primary and secondary schools¹: Number of pupil enrolments² with permanent exclusions, 1996/97 to 2007/08, Suffolk local authority
Primary¹ State-funded secondary schools¹, ³
Number of permanent exclusions Percentage of the school population4 Number of permanent exclusions Percentage of the school population4
1996/97 10 0.03 100 0.20
1998/99 10 0.03 100 0.21
1997/98 20 0.04 110 0.21
1999/2000 20 0.05 80 0.15
2000/01 10 0.03 130 0.25
2001/02 30 0.05 140 0.25
2002/035 20 0.05 130 0.23
2003/045 30 0.07 160 0.30
2004/055 20 0.04 130 0.23
2005/065 10 0.02 80 0.14
2006/075 10 0.01 60 0.11
2007/085 10 0.01 80 0.15
¹ Includes middle schools as deemed (upper schools are included in state-funded secondary schools). ² Pupils may be counted more than once if they were registered at more than one school or moved schools during the school year. ³ State-funded secondary schools include maintained secondary schools, city technology colleges and academies. Suffolk local authority has no city technology colleges or academies. 4 The number of permanent exclusions expressed as a percentage of the number (headcount) of all pupils (excluding dually registered pupils) in January each year for the relevant school type. 5 Estimates based on local authority figures following a checking exercise to confirm the overall number of permanent exclusions in each local authority. Note: Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10. Source: Termly Exclusions Survey and School Census.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
506 c536-7W; 314870
Session
2009-10
Subjects
Pupil exclusions Suffolk
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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